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30.10.2025

Why Design Shouldn’t Stop at the Gradient

A polished product card isn’t just about pretty colors—it’s a performance promise.
This one uses layered gradients and transparent borders to give depth without bloat:

background: linear-gradient(rgb(5, 13, 54), rgb(5, 13, 54)) padding-box,
            linear-gradient(93.42deg, rgba(255, 92, 101, 1) 0%, rgba(253, 0, 139, 1) 53.12%, rgba(101, 0, 252, 1) 100%) border-box;
border: 2px solid transparent;

The trick?
Two gradients—one for the content, one for the border—stacked cleanly using the padding-box and border-box keywords.
No extra wrappers, no pseudo-elements. Just elegant CSS that keeps load times light and visuals sharp.

That’s the same thinking behind great hosting: lightweight, layered, and fast.

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About the author

Philipp is Lead Developer in the Levels team. He graduated from the renowned University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg and has been a freelance web developer for over 15 years with extensive experience in custom coding, digital product development, process optimisation and automation.

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